Friday 09/03/04 6.22am

Why, oh why am I still awake??

*cough*

I am sick. Pity me... or as Noiz once put it, "Fix me!" hehe... my head feels fine and my ears haven't gotten infected/stopped up yet but my nose is so runny that I've gone through almost an entire box of tissues and my throat is scratchy and sore. It sux that this is happening on my long weekend. I have plans that cannot be delayed as time waits for no man, woman, or autumn cold.

I am going with Guppy to the Sydney Royal Easter Show on Monday. I love the Easter show - I suppose that makes me a tourist still, I don't know. But there's something eternally fun about being able to look at (and pat) lots of animals up close, watch the fireworks and entertainment, taste the cheese samples from the fresh food dome, ride the ferris wheel, battle your way through the showbag crowd, buy something oversized or inflatible or sparkly (fairy wings anyone?) just for the hell of it, etc. And don't forget the food - faery floss, hot-dogs-on-a-stick, proper lemonade with half a lemon floating in it... oh my god, I can't wait! *does an excited happy dance*

Noiz and I are starting a band. A little while ago, I started making a list of all the things I want to accomplish in life, and of course being the procrastinator that I am, I never finished it. But one of the things I wanted to do was be in a band. Like seriously, I've had piano lessons since I was 5 and I'm still not very good at it, but I CAN play and write music. I've been singing since I was a kid too, and I love performing, but I don't have the confidence to do it on my own or to join a band that's already formed. This is my best shot, and I think it would be good for Noiz as well, as I tend to keep him on track with a lot of things as he would be the first to attest. I think solo, we're both just floundering - we've got the talent and the ability but lack the confidence to get out there and do it. But together I think it just might work.

It would be sort of a hard hip-hop/rock sound with a bit of goth thrown into the mix, a cross between Linkin Park and Evanescence, with him on rap duty and me on vocals. We did quite well with one of his songs earlier, and I think we can combine our two sounds and styles together successfully on future projects as well. The only thing is that neither of us really know much about being in a band and getting gigs and stuff so we'll have to learn it as we go I guess. Still, stay posted, we may be coming to a city near you!!

Tonight I was going through my writing files and I found about a quarter of a play I was writing last year. I don't remember writing it but it's actually pretty damn good compared to most of the drivel I write. It's based on a book though, and I've since lost the copy of the book. So if I want to finish the play I guess I'll have to find it or buy another copy. D'oh!

Still moving out with Drac, gotta sort my finances out and things might be a bit tight for a while what with the holidays and the days off i'm having (casuals don't get paid for that sort of thing) but I will make it work somehow. I always used to be quite resourceful with my money, I guess i've just gone soft over the last 5-6 years but I can do it again.

And things should go back to normal for me at work in May, it's just this month I've got 3 public holidays, 1 dentist's appointment, and 1 roadtrip to canberra to make to audition for Idol... April 22nd in canberra, May 29/30 here in Syd. I want to try in Canberra first to double my chances, not that I think I have one. I suffer from Kurt Neilson syndrome - I'm a marketing nightmare, haha. I have no "image" whatsoever, well none that they could market anyway... still... can I fake my way through it? hehe ;)

Stuff this, I really am quite tired of sitting here coughing and catching drips from my nose with a tissue. I need sleeeeeep! And lots of it!! And no drinking for me this weekend! *sigh*

• Wearing: funky monkey pj's
• Eating/Drinking: don't mention food :/
• Feeling: Disgruntled
• Listening to: the sounds of my coughing